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The ceremony included highlights of MBRGI key projects and inspiring stories of
beneficiaries around the world, and presented a summary of the Mothers’ Endowment
campaign which aims to honour mothers by establishing a AED 1 billion endowment
fund to sustainably support the education of millions around the world.

During the ceremony, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

bestowed the “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Medal for Philanthropy” to major
contributors to humanitarian efforts and charity campaigns, in acknowledgment for
their generosity, including their significant contributions to the Mothers’ Endowment
campaign. Personalities honoured with this medal included P.N.C Menon, Founder and
Chairman of Sobha Realty; Naresh Bhawnani, Founder and President of West Zone
Group; Mirwais Azizi, Founder and Chairman of Azizi Developments and Abdul Rahim
Mohammed Belghozooz Al Zarooni, Founder and Chairman of Al Zarooni Group of
companies.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also honoured a group of
major contributors to, and partners of the Mothers’ Endowment campaign including
Staff Major General Pilot Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei, Abu Dhabi Police Commander-in-
Chief; Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive
Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai (RTA); Dr. Mahdi Al Fardan, Vice
Chairman of Alfardan Group; Saeed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai
Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA); Abdullah Al Basti, Chairman of the Board of

Trustees of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity
Establishment (MBRHC); Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Chairman Board of
Trustees of the Saeed Ahmed Lootah Charity Foundation; Yahya Saeed Lootah, Vice
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Saeed Ahmed Lootah Charity Foundation;
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World; Huda Al Rostamani; Board
Member and Director at AW Rostamani Group; Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of
Danube Group; Siddharth Balachandran, Executive Chairman and CEO of Buimerc
Corporation; Atif Rahman, Founder and Chairman of ORO24 Real Estate Developments;
Gheyath Mohammad Gheyath, Founder and Chairman of GINCO Group; Mohamed Ali Al
Ansari, Chairman of Al Ansari Exchange, Dr. Abdulkader Sankari, Founder of Abdulkader
Al Sankari and Sons Group, Renuka Jagtiani, Chairwoman of Landmark Group; Farid Al
Mulla; CEO of Emirates Islamic Bank; Yasser Sharaf, Vice President of Sharaf Group; Dr.

Mohammed Suhail, CEO and Managing Director of Dar Al Ber Society; Fahad Al
Hassawi, CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du); Masood
Sharif, CEO of etisalat by e&; Jawaan Awaidha Suhail Awaidha Al Khaili, Chairman of
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; Obaid Maimani, Deputy Chairman of Al Waseef Group; Hazem
Al Hamed, CEO of Al Saqer Property Management; and Abdullah Al Mannai, Chairman

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